Who's Your Author? discussion

February is plodding along, and is almost over, so we have decided to post up The St. Pattie's Challenge. This challenge will run throughout the month of March.

The St. Pattie's Day Challenge!!
The challenge is to read a book that fits either one or more of the characteristics below:

*the cover is green
*the cover has a four leaf clover on it
*the main character is a leprechaun
*the main character is obsessed with gold (perhaps a dragon?)
*the setting of the book is Ireland

This thread will be closed until a few days before March, but start thinking about what you will read now. When the thread is opened, let people know what you're going to read, and let us know when you finish it (your name will be added to our Challenge Stats Thread ). Have Fun!!!

I'm going to read by Maggie Stiefvater.

It has four leaf clovers on the cover :) which are green of course lol

I'm going for Lament, as well. Luck has it that I already had it checked out from the library when this challenge came up!

I'm going for:

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
The setting is in Ireland.

(I might add a couple more books to the mix if I have the time, but for now, I'm just sticking with the 1.)

I'm with Jess and Sarah with reading Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception. I've been meaning to read it since reading Shiver.

But I'm also planning on reading Bloody Irish by Bob Curran. It's a book of Celtic Vampire Legends. So it's set in Ireland, and the cover is filled with Green Shamrocks....well of course all green except for that one bloody shamrock in the middle! Too cool!

I going to B&N today to see if I can get any hints from them there. Otherwise I may steal the Lament idea from you all. When I was at B&N last week Bloody Irish was there on clearance. I almost picked it up, but wasn't sure it would keep me interested.

I'm going to read What to do with a Naked Leprechaun. I've been looking for an excuse and this is it.

Sandra, the book sounds interesting just from the title along. Let us know how it is.

No problem. I assume we can't read till March though.

lol Sandra that sounds really interesting!!!

PS - If anyone is having trouble thinking of something. The Katie Macallister series with Aisling Grey, or even the Silver Dragon series would apply because the characters have dragons who are gold obsessed :)

Read: 2/2
All done! Great books this challenge!



Green Cvr: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione 3/4/10 5★
Set in Ireland: Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning 3/15/10 5★

Darcy - That's exactly where I found the book! But it really piqued my interest. I love reading old Celtic folklore.

Kelley Anne wrote: "Darcy - That's exactly where I found the book! But it really piqued my interest. I love reading old Celtic folklore."

I was worried that it would get boring on me, so I passed it up. Let me know how it turns out.

I think I have managed to find some books today that will fit the bill for this one.

I am going to listen to on audio. It will be a "re-read" for me but I like to listen to books after reading them as it often puts them in a different light.

I also have the following on order from interlibrary loan, not sure when I will get them, but will try.
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It is an eclectic mix I realize, but I should be able to get at least one in time.

Darcy wrote: "I think I have managed to find some books today that will fit the bill for this one.

I am going to listen to on audio. It will be a "re-read" for me but I like to lis..."

I saw the Mammoth book of Irish Romance at BN, but didn't want to buy it. Let me know how it goes Darcy!

Jess some of those Mammoth books are good, some not so much so I can see not wanting to buy it.

Im going to read a historical romance by Teresa Medeiros called cause it takes place in Ireland and since all of my paranormal books that I have take place in Scotland or England Ill read that and take a break from paranormal for a while. Ill be the different one.

I had the hardest time finding anything set in Ireland! Tons in Scotland and England and about 3 in Wales.

I know what you are talking about. I stumped the B&N people when I went. The lady helped me for 30 minutes and the only thing we came up with was the Naked Dragon one.

I'm in. I'll read Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause. The cover is mostly green.

lol.. sorry, I didn't realize there wasn't going to be much set in Ireland! Should we extend it to Scotland?

Sandra wrote: "I'm going to read What to do with a Naked Leprechaun. I've been looking for an excuse and this is it."

interesting cover!!! The leperchaun looks bigger than imagined one would be. LOL.

Sam wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I'm going to read What to do with a Naked Leprechaun. I've been looking for an excuse and this is it."

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And he looks like he has boobies.

I think I will try Irish Magic Four Tales of Romance and Enchantment from Four Acclaimed Authors
And From Isles of Dream
Both are short stories set in Ireland the second one is celtic poetry.

My friend at the library told me about this one Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel, it might be a good one to check out.

Give Me Tonight

Carolyn F. wrote: "
And he looks like he has boobies.

Man boobs!

Susie wrote: "I think I will try[book:Irish Magic Four Tales of Romance and Enchantment from Four Acclaimed Author..."

The Irish Magic books is quite good. I own it and it has a couple good stories in it!

Sam wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I'm going to read What to do with a Naked Leprechaun. I've been looking for an excuse and this is it."

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He looks like a sim, idk but he just does and its just ..... interesting......

I'll have to tell you whether he holds up under intense scrutiny!

Who's Your Author St. Patty's Challenge
green cover/Ireland - and Falling, Fly by Skyler White

I just got my book from the library.. I should be starting it sometime next week :)

I think I'll read Darkfever or Lament. Hopefully I can get them both. Seeing as this is my first ever challenge on Goodreads I'm pretty excited.

Darcy wrote: "My friend at the library told me about this one Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel, it might be a good one to check out.

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Darcy: This was available at my library. So I've picked it up for my challenge.

So far there have been some great book picked! I'll have to see how everyone likes them all, and I have a feeling that my TBR pile is about to grow!

Sam wrote: "Darcy wrote: "My friend at the library told me about this one Ladies' Night at Finbar's Hotel, it might be a good one to check out.

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I actually have it too. It will be interesting to see how all of these books are.

and Falling, Fly is a new UF book that releases on March 2nd. It's set in Ireland, and I believe the hero is Irish as well.

I'll be reading

Jennifer wrote: "I'll be reading "

OO so good!

I'll be reading Stray by Rachel Vincent.

I just got Lament from the library.. I'll be starting it sometime later today I believe. Unless I get sick again :(

I'm in the middle of reading/listening to 2 of these right now. , the first story was super funny and listening to on audio. I have a couple of others in transit from the library.

I finished . It was okay.. nothing too spectacular.

*the cover is green Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon done!

Congrats Amanda and Jess!

Jess - was it good enough that you'd read the sequal, or not interested?

Amanda wrote: "*the cover is green Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon done!

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Amanda did you like it???

Kelley Anne - I would read the sequel, I haven't seen anything on goodreads about a sequel yet though. But it's more out of curiosity for some plot lines that didn't feel completed.

It was just sort of "meh". I probably won't read the book over again, but it wasn't dreadful. It was just.. "meh" I can't really think of another thing to say lol.

The sequal is Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie.

OO thanks Kelley Anne, I had no idea!! I marked it TBR, but I'm not going to rush out to get it.

I read Ballad before I started Lament--don't know why I read them out of order--and I think Ballad is the better book. Ballad is about James, who was a much more interesting character to me. The plot was better, the stakes were higher, and the ending was resolved. I highly recommend Ballad.

Still reserving judgment on Lament until I finish it, but Dee is just not that thrilling.